Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman

The lives of WWII partisans depended on their ability to remain unseen, undocumented and unidentifiable. But one fighter, Faye Schulman, had a camera. Schulman’s rare collection of images captures the camaraderie, horror and loss, bravery and triumph of the rag-tag, tough partisans—some Jewish, some not—who fought the Germans and their collaborators.

Schulman, the only known Jewish partisan photographer, says of the exhibit, “I want people to know that there was resistance. Jews did not go like sheep to the slaughter. I was a photographer. I have pictures. I have proof.”

The exhibit is open during Hatcher Graduate Library hours: Mon 8am-7pm, Tues-Thurs 8am-2am, Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 1-5pm. Closed for Thanksgiving break, Nov 24-25.

Sponsored by the University of Michigan Library and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.

This exhibit was produced by the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation and curated by Jill Vexler, Ph.D. It was made possible by Thomas and Johanna Baruch, the Epstein/Roth Foundation, the Purjes Foundation, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, the Koret Foudnation, the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and culture, the Holocaust Council of UJA MetroWest, and Diane and Howard Wohl.

Please note these related Pictures of Resistance programs in the Gallery:

October 5, 4:00-5:30pm    Opening Remarks
Pictures of Resistance, Exhibit Opening

October 11, 7:00-8:30pm     Lecture
Photographer as Witness: Proof Enough?

October 25, 5:30-7:00pm     Lecture
Poles and Jews During WWII: Beyond Martyrology

November 8, 7:00-9:00pm     Film
Defiance

November 15, 7:00-8:30pm     Lecture
The Lives of the Partisans in the Lipiczanska Forest